translation: ESCAPE


character

  The new escape character to be used.

  To avoid interference with low level input processing,
  the escape character may not be set to any of the
  following symbols:

  --------------------------------------------------
  Symbol                        Reserved as
  --------------------------------------------------
  single quote          '       Word delimiter
  double quote          "       Word delimiter
  reverse quote         `       Character string
  blank                 ( )     Word separator
  comma                 ,       Word separator
  equal sign            =       Word separator
  ampersand             &       Section header
  commercial at         @       Algebra sub-header
  percent sign          %       Dataset sub-header
  question mark         ?       Help
  exclamation mark      !       Graphics sub-header
  dollar sign           $       Shell commands
  number sign           #       Minimal abbreviations
  asterisk              *       Comment lines
  smaller               <       Input redirection
  larger                >       Output redirection
  round brackets        ()      Formulae
  square brackets       []      Matrix indices
  curly brackets        {}      Formula evaluation
  --------------------------------------------------

  [The escape character is initially set to \.]

Keyword index. Formatted on 10/11/98.